Hello,
In this post I will show you how to get the datastore list in a vSphere infrastructure using PowerCLI. Now, first of all we have to establish connection to our vCenter/ESXi to get this information. We can do this using the “Connect-VIServer” command.
PS C:\Users\jocolon> Connect-VIServer -Server 192.168.5.2
Specify Credential
Please specify server credential
User: administrator@vsphere.local
Password for user administrator@vsphere.local: ********
Name Port User
---- ---- ----
192.168.5.2 443 VSPHERE.LOCAL\Administrator
PS C:\Users\jocolon>
After the connection is established you can use the “Get-Datastore” command.
PS C:\Users\jocolon> Get-Datastore
Name FreeSpaceGB CapacityGB
---- ----------- ----------
SSD-VM-HIGH-CAPACITY-PERF-KN 399.387 894.000
NVME-VFLASH-01 50.054 238.250
SSD-VM-HIGH-CAPACITY-PERF-MK 505.415 931.250
NVME-VM-HIGH-PERF-01 275.067 476.750
HDD-VM-MED-PERF-01 2,165.800 3,726.000
HDD-VM-MED-PERF-02 2,230.938 3,726.000
esx-00f 110.801 111.750
SRM_LAB_STORAGE_01 46.285 49.750
SRM_POL_DEDUP_01 18.694 50.000
SRM_LAB_STORAGE_02 47.909 50.000
SRM_PLACEHOLDER_01 13.345 14.750
SRM_HQ_EDGE_01 47.659 49.750
HDD-VM-ISO-LOW-PERF 461.363 931.250
PS C:\Users\jocolon>
This command shows the existing Datastore and the basic information about the used space. With this command we can also filter the search allowing to obtain additional Datastore information. if we add the Datastore name to the “Get-Datastore” command with the “-Name” option. For example if we use the command “Get-Datastore -Name <DatastoreName> | Format-List” the following result is shown.
PS C:\Users\jocolon> Get-Datastore -Name NVME-VFLASH-01 | Format-List
FileSystemVersion : 6.82
DatacenterId : Datacenter-datacenter-21
Datacenter : PHARMAX-VSI-DC
ParentFolderId : StoragePod-group-p1396
ParentFolder :
DatastoreBrowserPath : vmstores:\192.168.5.2@443\PHARMAX-VSI-DC\NVME-VFLASH-01
FreeSpaceMB : 51255
CapacityMB : 243968
Accessible : True
Type : VMFS
StorageIOControlEnabled : True
CongestionThresholdMillisecond : 10
State : Available
ExtensionData : VMware.Vim.Datastore
CapacityGB : 238.25
FreeSpaceGB : 50.0537109375
Name : NVME-VFLASH-01
Id : Datastore-datastore-268983
Uid : /VIServer=vsphere.local\administrator@192.168.5.2:443/Datastore=Datastore-datastore-268983/
PS C:\Users\jocolon>
Like most Powershell commands, the PowerCLI commands allow the use of “Pipeline” . If we use the “Get-VMHost” command to get the ESXi servers together with the “Get-Datastore” command you can further filter the content of the Datastore connected to the server.
PS C:\Users\jocolon> Get-VMHost -Name esxsvr-00f.pharmax.local | Get-Datastore
Name FreeSpaceGB CapacityGB
---- ----------- ----------
esx-00f 110.801 111.750
HDD-VM-ISO-LOW-PERF 461.363 931.250
SSD-VM-HIGH-CAPACITY-PERF-MK 505.414 931.250
SSD-VM-HIGH-CAPACITY-PERF-KN 399.321 894.000
HDD-VM-MED-PERF-01 2,165.800 3,726.000
HDD-VM-MED-PERF-02 2,230.938 3,726.000
NVME-VM-HIGH-PERF-01 275.065 476.750
NVME-VFLASH-01 50.053 238.250
PS C:\Users\jocolon>
Finally, I would like to mention that there are endless possibilities in Powershell when it comes to interlinking cmdlets, allowing you to refine the search for data and even transform the information you want to display. I hope this information has been useful. Hasta luego!